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if elected in your case, if re-elected in your case, what would you do about that? governor? >> i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the same, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. that meant, i figured out, from day one i had to get along and work across the aisle to get anything done. we drove our schools to be number one in the nation. we cut taxes 19 times. >> what would you do as president? >> i would sit down day one. actually the day i get elected, i'll sit down with leaders, democratic leaders as well as republican leaders, as i did in my state, we met every monday for a couple hours. talked about the issues and challenges in the state. we have to work on a collaborative basis, not to compromise our principles, but because there is common ground, and the challenges america faces right now. the reason i'm in this race, there are people really hurting today in this country and we face this deficit could crush future generations. what's happening in the middle east, there are developments around the world that are of real con
if elected in your case, if re-elected in your case, what would you do about that? governor? >> i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the same, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. that meant, i figured out, from day one i had to get along and work across the aisle to get anything done. we drove our schools to be number one in the nation. we cut taxes 19 times. >> what would you do as president? >> i would sit down day one....
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>> if the president does well in the debates, he'll probably win the election. >>> if mitt romney cannot successfully deal with his slander against 47% of the american people, his campaign will die on the spot on that debate stage. >> but are the pundits overdramatizing the impact of these televised events? what about paul ryan saying this morning the media are rooting for barack obama to win and was it more important for the president to do this -- >> you're very happy that you came on with us, mrs. obama, and brought your date. >> i brought him. he had a few minutes in his schedule. >> i told folks i'm just supposed to be eye candy for you guys. >> -- than to meet with world leaders at the u.n. how do comedians come up with precisely the right way to mock to politicians and others? >> we have a very different plan on how to offer tax relief. >> thanks for spending a few moments with us. you, sir, are great. >> thank you. >> a conversation with daryl hammond. plus the media krieled foul again and again and again when an nfl replacement ref blows a big qaa. we'll blow the was on that hig
>> if the president does well in the debates, he'll probably win the election. >>> if mitt romney cannot successfully deal with his slander against 47% of the american people, his campaign will die on the spot on that debate stage. >> but are the pundits overdramatizing the impact of these televised events? what about paul ryan saying this morning the media are rooting for barack obama to win and was it more important for the president to do this -- >> you're very...
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>> the american public is not going to put up with a close election. the american public is not iffing to put up with this kind of gridlock in wash washington, and, again, the -- republicans have to take responsibility for blocking much of the american jobs act and other efforts that the president has put forward. who have seen private sector growth in the jobs area, but we also than we've had state and local government lose over 700,000 jobs and unemployment was already high. before the president came in in the african-american community and the great recession has only made that worse, but, as you said, even in the african-american community unemployment is coming down. african-americans are proud. i mean, they're not -- i can't speak for all african-americans many the country, but many of us are very, very proud of the work that president obama has been doing. african-americans are going to strongly support president barack obama. >> all right. thank you so much. mayor michael nutter, i hope you'll come back. we appreciate it. >>> next up, there's a
>> the american public is not going to put up with a close election. the american public is not iffing to put up with this kind of gridlock in wash washington, and, again, the -- republicans have to take responsibility for blocking much of the american jobs act and other efforts that the president has put forward. who have seen private sector growth in the jobs area, but we also than we've had state and local government lose over 700,000 jobs and unemployment was already high. before the...
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it's election day in venezuela, and the news just announced by the election's council. when and how did the news come down? we just spoke moments ago, and now we didn't know and now we do. >> reporter: we learned about 15 minutes ago, don, on social media we could see that chavez won, and we had sources inside the electoral commission, and it's 51% to 45% for the opposition. it was not as close as people thought it might be. and we could not report it because of the media restrictions right now. it's like the fourth of july out here, and the fireworks are still going. and by any measure this is a crushing defeat for the opposition. they made a house to house battle for this vote, and there were many things to complain about. hugo chavez threw everything including the kitchen sink at this election, he gave out many things, cell phones, and he has been on the nationalized campaign, and nationalized almost 1,000 businesses. many say they will see more of this and in the long run, this will end up hurting the venezuela economy more than it will help it, don. >> yeah, i was
it's election day in venezuela, and the news just announced by the election's council. when and how did the news come down? we just spoke moments ago, and now we didn't know and now we do. >> reporter: we learned about 15 minutes ago, don, on social media we could see that chavez won, and we had sources inside the electoral commission, and it's 51% to 45% for the opposition. it was not as close as people thought it might be. and we could not report it because of the media restrictions...
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in the last 12 elections the candidate who won ohio won the white house. maybe because ohio is a microcosm of the nation's electorate with its democratic dominated union-friendly areas in cleveland and toledo in the northeast, but the college town of columbus and central ohio. the republican leaning cincinnati and its suburbs in the southwest and the working class culturally conservative appalachian communities along ohio's southeastern border with west virginia. so if this an election about the economy, it's worth noting that ohio's jobless rate has dropped from 10.6% in early 2010 to 7.2% last august. there is debate over who gets the credit for that. president obama points to the auto bailout for helping save and create 72,000 jobs in the state. ohio's republican governor john kasik says his policies, including bringing more businesses and manufacturing to the state, have made the difference. the obama and romney campaigns have all but suffocated ohio airwaves with more than $75 million in ads. since june the candidates, their running mates and wives ha
in the last 12 elections the candidate who won ohio won the white house. maybe because ohio is a microcosm of the nation's electorate with its democratic dominated union-friendly areas in cleveland and toledo in the northeast, but the college town of columbus and central ohio. the republican leaning cincinnati and its suburbs in the southwest and the working class culturally conservative appalachian communities along ohio's southeastern border with west virginia. so if this an election about...
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this election could be very close. some people filtered out exit polls already, and they're vastly different. each side is saying they're going to win. listen to a young voter that i spoke to earlier today, and listen to what he told me when i asked him about voting. you don't want to say who you're voting for? >> yes, because the vote is secret. the important thing is that every venezuelan is going to vote and make his or her decision. >> reporter: many people say this vote will be momentous if people that want to vote for the opposition actually get out and vote. there is a suspicion that the government will know how you voted and hold it against you later on. everyone from the opposition to the government to the electoral commission has been telling people to vote. it will stay secret, but still, a lot of suspicion here. >> paula newton, thanks so much in caracas. >>> venezuelan ex-patriots in the u.s. are voting. there were a lot of long lines in the early hours of the morning in new orleans. senior latin affairs e
this election could be very close. some people filtered out exit polls already, and they're vastly different. each side is saying they're going to win. listen to a young voter that i spoke to earlier today, and listen to what he told me when i asked him about voting. you don't want to say who you're voting for? >> yes, because the vote is secret. the important thing is that every venezuelan is going to vote and make his or her decision. >> reporter: many people say this vote will be...
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and election day is today. venezuela, where that man you're about to see, president hugo chavez has been in power for 13 years now. that's chavez voting today, trying for another term. there is no limit to the number of terms a president can serve there. chavez himself made that rule. but analysts say if anyone can unseat this president, it's the man facing him today. a 40-year-old governor. let's get to caracas right now. paula, it's after 9:00 p.m. polls were scheduled to close hours ago. but they're still open. what's going on? >> reporter: a few are still open. if you were in any polling station, you know the lineups were huge. the turnout could be approaching 80%. the electoral commission stayed true to word and allowed the polls to stay open. we're getting word that perhaps they reached critical mass. that means 80% to 90% of the votes have been counted. we expect results in the next hour or so, don. >> what has energized voters so much to stay at polling places and wait in really long lines? >> reporter:
and election day is today. venezuela, where that man you're about to see, president hugo chavez has been in power for 13 years now. that's chavez voting today, trying for another term. there is no limit to the number of terms a president can serve there. chavez himself made that rule. but analysts say if anyone can unseat this president, it's the man facing him today. a 40-year-old governor. let's get to caracas right now. paula, it's after 9:00 p.m. polls were scheduled to close hours ago. but...
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turning to international news now, it's election day in venezuela. people are going to the polls to vote for their next president. president hugo chavez is hoping to hold onto his power. his challenge this election is a centrist state governor. paula newton is live for us from caracas. paula, we hear there were lots of long lines outside the voting stations well before the doors even opened. how is it going? >> reporter: long lines including where hugo chavez voted. i'm not sure at our elections people wait that long, three, four, five six hours some people still in line. we are getting hints they have to keep the polls longer than 6:00 p.m., which is when they were scheduled to close locally. having sdz that, things were calm where hugo chavez was voting. he voted and there was quite a bit of commotion outside after that. what is clear here, fred, and this is important in this very tight race, he says that he will live by the result, whatever it is, if that means that even if it sweeps him out of office. take a listen. >> translator: none of you sho
turning to international news now, it's election day in venezuela. people are going to the polls to vote for their next president. president hugo chavez is hoping to hold onto his power. his challenge this election is a centrist state governor. paula newton is live for us from caracas. paula, we hear there were lots of long lines outside the voting stations well before the doors even opened. how is it going? >> reporter: long lines including where hugo chavez voted. i'm not sure at our...
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so this is the choice we face in the election, and this is what the election comes down to, and i know you must be tired of hearing ads, but you will hear moreover the next six weeks, and over and over again, you will hear my opponents talking about how bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations and that's the way to go, and since government can't do anything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you don't get sick is their theory. if you can't afford college, borrow money from your parents. you know what? that's not who we are. i don't think government can solve all of our problems, but government is not the source of all of our problems, either. there's stuff we can do together. instead of blaming, immigrants, unions or gays or somebody for what is going on, what we need to do is pull together. we're all in this together. we believe that america only works when we all accept responsibility for ourselves and for our each other. that's how we create -- >> mr. obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colo
so this is the choice we face in the election, and this is what the election comes down to, and i know you must be tired of hearing ads, but you will hear moreover the next six weeks, and over and over again, you will hear my opponents talking about how bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations and that's the way to go, and since government can't do anything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you don't get sick is their theory. if you can't afford college,...
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. >>> it's presidential election day in venezuela. analysts say this is the strongest challenge yet to the 13-year rule of hugo chavez. his opponent is young, 40 years old, considered a moderate. many venezuelans living here traveled long distances to vote absentee. >>> people marched through ma tl drid in the video you almost saw there. opposition to spending cuts program worth billions of dollars. also protests of dozens of other cities. labor unions are threatening to strike if the government refuses to allow a general vote on the austerity measures. the protests appeared peaceful. no reports of any violence thankfully. >>> tonight's spacex launch will officially turn space into a business. the resupply mission to the international space mission will launch from cape canaveral, florida. spacex successfully demonstrated it could do the job in may when it docked a capsule with the space station. we'll go live to florida later on this hour. ♪ >>> well, republican voters in port st. lucie, florida, are turning out in big numbers for
. >>> it's presidential election day in venezuela. analysts say this is the strongest challenge yet to the 13-year rule of hugo chavez. his opponent is young, 40 years old, considered a moderate. many venezuelans living here traveled long distances to vote absentee. >>> people marched through ma tl drid in the video you almost saw there. opposition to spending cuts program worth billions of dollars. also protests of dozens of other cities. labor unions are threatening to...
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that's easily the most for either candidate in any month in this election. the campaign says the average donation was just $53. what about mitt romney? well, his campaign hasn't released their september numbers yet, but they have said that the campaign has raised $12 million just since wednesday's debate. >>> there are just 30 days left until the election. that means every day and every event is even more critical. cnn political editor paul steinhouser tells us what's on tap for this week? >> hey, good morning, randi. >> foreign policies in the campaign -- when mitt romney gives what his campaign is billing a big speech which happens to be a crucial battleground state. we may hear romney criticize the president over last month's killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya. >> we face a time when there's tumult in the middle east and other parts of the world, and people are asking where is america, where is american leadership? as for the president he starts the week out west before reaching out to voters tuesday in another crucial swing state, ohio. both campaig
that's easily the most for either candidate in any month in this election. the campaign says the average donation was just $53. what about mitt romney? well, his campaign hasn't released their september numbers yet, but they have said that the campaign has raised $12 million just since wednesday's debate. >>> there are just 30 days left until the election. that means every day and every event is even more critical. cnn political editor paul steinhouser tells us what's on tap for this...
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barack obama made history when he got elected the first time. if he gets re-elected, that will also be historic, because no president has done it since franklin roosevelt in the fading days of the great depression. >> a new jobs report coming out friday morning for the month of september. we'll see what those numbers are, what impact it winds up having. anderson, back to you. >> thank you, wolf. and the hologram, tom foreman. david, to your point, presidents in the past who had a bad first debate performance came back strong, how do they retool? do they practice more? >> the most famous case, president reagan in 1984, lost the first debate, people thought he was senile, that he didn't care, he came back. nobody is more competitive than president obama. he will be back in the room, saying, guys, we're not doing this again. >> the question, what happens. and the next is a town hall. different format. >> ready to release results. a poll, register voters who watched the debate tonight, we asked them who won the debate. look at this. 67% say it was m
barack obama made history when he got elected the first time. if he gets re-elected, that will also be historic, because no president has done it since franklin roosevelt in the fading days of the great depression. >> a new jobs report coming out friday morning for the month of september. we'll see what those numbers are, what impact it winds up having. anderson, back to you. >> thank you, wolf. and the hologram, tom foreman. david, to your point, presidents in the past who had a...
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>> if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose and why? >> i'd say clint eastwood would have to be my guy. >> why don't we ask him? >> in between the laughs, was there some actual substance in there? howard kurtz is host of cnn's reliable sources. also washington bureau chief of "the daily beast." walk me through. obviously we showed some of the highlights. parts of it were really, really funny. did they get to sort of the gist and nugget of what you need or hope to get in a debate which is some strong facts? >> having paid my $4.95 to watch this online, soledad, i was surprised the debate was as serious as it was. you showed some of the lighter moments. as the two men were standing rather awkwardly at those podiums they were going at it on issues from redistribution of income to foreign policy. jon stewart wants to show he can be a political prognosticator as well as a funny man and bill o'reilly trying to -- >> let's play a little chunk of what they did say about their health care plans if they were picking. listen. >> you have the priva
>> if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose and why? >> i'd say clint eastwood would have to be my guy. >> why don't we ask him? >> in between the laughs, was there some actual substance in there? howard kurtz is host of cnn's reliable sources. also washington bureau chief of "the daily beast." walk me through. obviously we showed some of the highlights. parts of it were really, really funny. did they get to sort of the gist and...
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presidential election. the man going up against him enrique made a strong showing, but it was chavez who ended up winning more than 54% of the vote. i want to bring in rafael romo. have i to ask you, are these numbers legitimate? is this a legitimate election when you hear that turnout was more than, what, 81%? >> that was the first question that everybody had, right? when enrique came out last night and recognized official lids those results, you have to believe what the opposition is saying. they had a precedence in every single one of all polling places throughout venezuela, and they didn't see any irregularities. i haven't seen any evidence to the contrary, no evidence of tampering. >> you have been covering this. you talked a little bit this strategy from hugo chavez, some of the things, big give-aways, homes, refrigerators, all that. he just -- all the tactics, right, that could possibly be used to get voters to support him. >> well, the reality in venezuela is that apparently giving hand-outs to the
presidential election. the man going up against him enrique made a strong showing, but it was chavez who ended up winning more than 54% of the vote. i want to bring in rafael romo. have i to ask you, are these numbers legitimate? is this a legitimate election when you hear that turnout was more than, what, 81%? >> that was the first question that everybody had, right? when enrique came out last night and recognized official lids those results, you have to believe what the opposition is...
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down to election day. in these battleground states across the country, so i think that you know, what you're saying is that bounce that president obama had coming out of the democratic convention has gone away. it's dissipated and more americans are looking at the romney ryan ticket as one that will address issues and will deliver a plan that has impact on middle class americans, that will bring down taxes for all americans. period. there's only one candidate that's actually talking about raising taxes and there's another candidate, the romney ryan ticket, that will cut taxes for all americans. so i think as we go into this, we'll hear a lot more of that. obviously at the debate and this is the next phase of that campaign. >> mitt romney leads according to our poll, on unemployment and the deficit. let me ask you this, ben, because one thing our viewers may assume is that democratic base is now energized and the convention is now partly responsible for that. recently, jim -- our new poll, how do you feel s
down to election day. in these battleground states across the country, so i think that you know, what you're saying is that bounce that president obama had coming out of the democratic convention has gone away. it's dissipated and more americans are looking at the romney ryan ticket as one that will address issues and will deliver a plan that has impact on middle class americans, that will bring down taxes for all americans. period. there's only one candidate that's actually talking about...
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let's see what happens election day. you know, the governor has said a couple of times the election is about republicans who won't let things happen. you know, this election really should be about what happened the first two years of the obama administration, and democrats should have been able to do anything they wanted to do, and now is when that should pay off. we shouldn't be worried about what happened last month and how that impacts the economy because, frankly, we've had no budget, no appropriations bills. the majority in the senate, i think, will change because people are tired of a senate that won't do the things that need to be done. >> let me ask you about the state of the race in missouri. this is where you had congressman akin who made a very controversial remark, which you condemn, which others condemn. you, in fact, said at the time we do not believe it sefshz the national interest for congressman todd akin to stay in the race for senate. the issues at stake are too big, and it's simply too important. the
let's see what happens election day. you know, the governor has said a couple of times the election is about republicans who won't let things happen. you know, this election really should be about what happened the first two years of the obama administration, and democrats should have been able to do anything they wanted to do, and now is when that should pay off. we shouldn't be worried about what happened last month and how that impacts the economy because, frankly, we've had no budget, no...
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is he calling for new elections around the start of the new year. this isn't the first time abdullah has prepared for a potential arab-spring inspired demonstration, fired four advisers over the past two years. it's a tough situation, given that king abdullah is seen as one of the main reformers in the middle east. >>> source in says that two men were arrested in connection with a border patrol agents death. nicholas ivie was killed tuesday. he and another agent were responding to a sensor that went off. >>> pat summit says she felt like she was forced out of her job after revealing she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. her testimony is part of a discrimination suit being brought by a media director against the university. in the affidavit which we read, summit says it was a very surprising and very hurtful thing to be told by the university's athletic director that she would not be returning as head coach. she goes on to say in a subsequent meeting, the director says she misinterpreted what he was saying. >>> what are we doing to get ou
is he calling for new elections around the start of the new year. this isn't the first time abdullah has prepared for a potential arab-spring inspired demonstration, fired four advisers over the past two years. it's a tough situation, given that king abdullah is seen as one of the main reformers in the middle east. >>> source in says that two men were arrested in connection with a border patrol agents death. nicholas ivie was killed tuesday. he and another agent were responding to a...
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the presidential election. the debt crisis. a couple money managers i talk to often, they're still bullish, they say the fed is still pumping so much money into the system that will continue to be supportive for stocks and once you get the election out of the way maybe that's one had hurdle that will be gone and a hurdle to the stock market. another thing i want to talk about this morning, a congressional report on chinese telecom companies, very, very harply worded draft report that we've seen, that says these telecom companies w ashy ies hue should not be allowed to expand in the united states. the report says they could threaten our national security because of their ties to the chinese government. they have poor records of intellectual property violations, alleged ties to iran and the committee describes a pattern and practice of potentially illegal behavior. china has the means, opportunity and motive to use telecommunication companies for malicious purposes. chinese huawei responds vigorously and says this is hogwash. any
the presidential election. the debt crisis. a couple money managers i talk to often, they're still bullish, they say the fed is still pumping so much money into the system that will continue to be supportive for stocks and once you get the election out of the way maybe that's one had hurdle that will be gone and a hurdle to the stock market. another thing i want to talk about this morning, a congressional report on chinese telecom companies, very, very harply worded draft report that we've...
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i think it went from 69% to 65% chance of him winning re-election. you know, that feels about right. it helped romney but we're just in the second inning of a long, long ball game. >> when it gets to the foreign policy debate which is the last one, lots to discuss there, obviously, syria, also libya with ambassador stevens. but an interesting interview with john mccain. he's saying he's damned if he's going to give up freedom of speech because it may possibly offend the prophet muhammed. what do you make of that? >> well, he's certainly right on that. there's going to be no disagreement there. i think that the republicans are increasingly going to focus on what happened in libya, why there wasn't better security for ambassador stevens, and i think that's a legitimate area to poke on. i do think it's kind of small bore. this is not something the president is deciding on, the security in benghazi. i think that also, while obama has his failures in foreign policy, they are not ones that romney can easily pick up on. >> he could always, i would imagine,
i think it went from 69% to 65% chance of him winning re-election. you know, that feels about right. it helped romney but we're just in the second inning of a long, long ball game. >> when it gets to the foreign policy debate which is the last one, lots to discuss there, obviously, syria, also libya with ambassador stevens. but an interesting interview with john mccain. he's saying he's damned if he's going to give up freedom of speech because it may possibly offend the prophet muhammed....
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. >>> let's take the race for the white house, with 37 days to go until election day president obama is out west. he landed in las vegas a little while ago where he's going to hold a rally later this evening. he'll be on the road through wednesday's presidential debate. >>> mitt romney is keeping a low profile this weekend. he went to church outside boston. he had no public events yesterday or today. he heads to colorado tomorrow where he'll hold a rally and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown debate in denver. >>> meantime republican party officials cut ties with the consulting firm that florida election officials say turned in suspicious voter application forms. cnn's david mattingly has been investigating. what have you learned? >> this is florida. it's always close there. hugely important to both sides. we know it's going to be close this time. any time the topic of voter registration fraud comes up, it's going to get a lot of attention. strategic allied consulting was hired to register people to vote. that sounds pretty denine, like it wouldn't be a big problem. h
. >>> let's take the race for the white house, with 37 days to go until election day president obama is out west. he landed in las vegas a little while ago where he's going to hold a rally later this evening. he'll be on the road through wednesday's presidential debate. >>> mitt romney is keeping a low profile this weekend. he went to church outside boston. he had no public events yesterday or today. he heads to colorado tomorrow where he'll hold a rally and continue his...
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that's now how we elect presidents in the united states. we elect them by an electoral college. you have to look swing state by swing state. this election will be fought in a handful of states. that number of states where things are actually still competitive keeps shrinking. so if they're going to be kind of targeting advertising, they're probably going to be targeting a very small number of states and a shrinking number of states. you have to, you know, we'll have looked back on this after the election day and see whether or not that was good strategy. i personally believe that the obama strategy was probably the better one, which is to spend the money up front, kind of outline who the image of mitt romney as you want it to be, also using a lot of what mitt romney has done and has said himself to make that case and once that starts to harden, it's really hard to undo that. and what also is working against mitt romney is that now you have early voting starting in a lot of these crucial states. you can't undo a vote that's already cast. >> let's just talk very quickly, zingers.
that's now how we elect presidents in the united states. we elect them by an electoral college. you have to look swing state by swing state. this election will be fought in a handful of states. that number of states where things are actually still competitive keeps shrinking. so if they're going to be kind of targeting advertising, they're probably going to be targeting a very small number of states and a shrinking number of states. you have to, you know, we'll have looked back on this after...
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if the election is close enough, they could decide the election. that's why you see voting there. most of them live in miami, but since the consulate was closed in miami, they were forced to drive or fly a thousand miles away to new orleans. but they did and that shows you how committed they are. >> a lot of them convoys, too. listen, when we say what's at stake, obviously these people have strong feelings about the selection, what does happen if it does not go hugo chavez's way? >> he was asked what would happen if he doesn't win, he said we have the potential for civil war because he says his followers are so committed, are so energized that they would not take anything other than a chavez victory. we don't know if this is extremist rhetoric or the truth, but the reality is that's what he said and he has the armed forces who are fiercely loyal to him. so there's no way and there's a history of violence in venezuela. an attempt at a coup in 1992. there could be another one here. >>> still ahead, israel may have discovered the owner of the drone it shot down. which country got cau
if the election is close enough, they could decide the election. that's why you see voting there. most of them live in miami, but since the consulate was closed in miami, they were forced to drive or fly a thousand miles away to new orleans. but they did and that shows you how committed they are. >> a lot of them convoys, too. listen, when we say what's at stake, obviously these people have strong feelings about the selection, what does happen if it does not go hugo chavez's way? >>...
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that's something they do in every election. this particular company, one employee was fired after providing false signatures on some of these documents. so now officials in multiple counties in florida are looking into this. it's the ground zero for it seems to be in palm beach county, and the elections supervisor there has a stack of 106 ballots she's going to have to go through that the company provided for her associated with this one particular employee. again, the actions of one employee have precipitated all of that. so beyond that, this election supervisor has decided as a safety net to look at all of the applications that have had changes on them recently and that's going to be 60,000 of them. now, she says she doesn't believe this is a crisis, but this extra work that they're going to have to do they believe is necessary to make sure that they can say directly to the public, this was an isolated event, it's not widespread, but they're looking into it. >> what's fascinate ingfascinat employee sort of putting these false
that's something they do in every election. this particular company, one employee was fired after providing false signatures on some of these documents. so now officials in multiple counties in florida are looking into this. it's the ground zero for it seems to be in palm beach county, and the elections supervisor there has a stack of 106 ballots she's going to have to go through that the company provided for her associated with this one particular employee. again, the actions of one employee...
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the president is re-elected. obama care will be fully installed, i think that will mean a whole different way of life for people who counted on the insurance they had in the past. premiums will go up $2,500 per family. if i'm elected, we'll put in place the kind of principles i put in my own state, and each state will craft their own programs to get sured, and we'll get cost cares down. if the president were elected, you will see 4 million people who will lose medicare advantage, hospitals and providers that will no longer accept medicare patients. i'll restore the $716 million to medicare. and military, if the president is re-elected you will see dramatic cuts. the secretary of defense said this will be devastating. i had not cut our commitment to our military. i had get america's middle class working and keep the military strong. thank you, jim. >> thank you, mr. president. the next debate, the vice presidential event on thursday, october 11th at center college in danville, kentucky. for now, from the universit
the president is re-elected. obama care will be fully installed, i think that will mean a whole different way of life for people who counted on the insurance they had in the past. premiums will go up $2,500 per family. if i'm elected, we'll put in place the kind of principles i put in my own state, and each state will craft their own programs to get sured, and we'll get cost cares down. if the president were elected, you will see 4 million people who will lose medicare advantage, hospitals and...
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the new jobs report, it's become a political football with the election just a month away, the labor department says 114,000 jobs were created in september with the unemployment rate coming in at 7.8% now. that's a drop of .3% from august. no spuurprise that in this seas there's different views of the same number. the chairman of economic advisers says friday's employment report provide further evidence that the u.s. economy is continuing to heal from the wounds inflicted by the worst downturn since the great depression. jack welch tweeted this, unbelievable jobs numbers, these chicago guys will do anything, can't debate so change the numbers. and the partisan pushing continues this morning. >> on friday we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. >> friday's jobs report shows america still desperately needs jobs. yet the president's central and sole proposal would mean fewer jobs. >> republicans in congress need to stop trying to relaxing fight the battles of the past few years and finally start doing something to actually help the middle cl
the new jobs report, it's become a political football with the election just a month away, the labor department says 114,000 jobs were created in september with the unemployment rate coming in at 7.8% now. that's a drop of .3% from august. no spuurprise that in this seas there's different views of the same number. the chairman of economic advisers says friday's employment report provide further evidence that the u.s. economy is continuing to heal from the wounds inflicted by the worst downturn...
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he's not going to win the election with this debate. what he can do is to start setting a whole new narrative for him in this debate. that's what he can expect to accomplish. in the president's case, the president is going to have to deal with the economic numbers, have to deal with the libya issue. >> as a debater, how do you rate president obama? >> i think he's very good. i think both of them are playing the game. president obama was saying something the other day, i'm not really a good debater. gee, i don't really -- >> they're both very, very smart guys. >> if you talk about the top 1%, intellect, these guys are in the top 1%. there's nothing to choose between among intellect. there's a lot to choose between them on policy. i hope they get into a good discussion of policy because from my point of view i think romney would get the better of that but i'm not sure. we'll see. >> we looked at past debates. some folks seem to get into trouble when they start debating over the debate rules themselves. i want to play a quick montage of st
he's not going to win the election with this debate. what he can do is to start setting a whole new narrative for him in this debate. that's what he can expect to accomplish. in the president's case, the president is going to have to deal with the economic numbers, have to deal with the libya issue. >> as a debater, how do you rate president obama? >> i think he's very good. i think both of them are playing the game. president obama was saying something the other day, i'm not really...
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at least 12.2 million people expected to show up at the polls on election day. but that's barely half of latinos who are eligible to vote. and it could come down to location, location, location. the hispanic vote could be the deciding factor in several states, including the swing state of nevada. which is where miguel marquez takes us in the battle to win their vote. >> reporter: it might sound like mexico. but this is the fight for the white house. welcome to washo county, nevada, the front line in this battleground state. washo county's 250,000 voters are expected to decide whether the nevada goes blue or red. and latinos, about 30,000 votes here, could make the critical difference in a race that could come down to a few thousand votes. here's how nevada's 1.4 million votes break down and why washo is a battleground within the battleground. most of the votes here are in clark county, las vegas, it leans left and rural nevada is solidly republican. the state almost evenly split. it leaves washo county and that biggest little city in the world, reno, feeling lik
at least 12.2 million people expected to show up at the polls on election day. but that's barely half of latinos who are eligible to vote. and it could come down to location, location, location. the hispanic vote could be the deciding factor in several states, including the swing state of nevada. which is where miguel marquez takes us in the battle to win their vote. >> reporter: it might sound like mexico. but this is the fight for the white house. welcome to washo county, nevada, the...
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and elections and voting patterns are very -- sudden changes. in 2004 and 2008 we had enormous voter turnout, about 60%, more than 120 million people. well, 2012, will it look like that or will it look like previous elections where we had voter turnout under 55%. and depending on what assumption you make you get very different results. what is a pollster to do, they end up projecting forward what happened last time. >> we shall see as far as turnout goes. but really this wednesday, these next couple of debates, the biggest audience these guys are going to get until november 6th, we'll be talking about it, watching, david frum, thank you. maybe we'll chat next week. i would love to hear the remaining nine questions you have for mitt romney. read david frum's piece, go to cnn.com/opinion. and you can follow the page on twitter. it is @cnnopinion. david, thank you. >>> and don't forget, wednesday night, the president versus his challenger face to face, huge night, special coverage here on cnn and cnn.com at 7:00 eastern. we'll be watching, we'll be
and elections and voting patterns are very -- sudden changes. in 2004 and 2008 we had enormous voter turnout, about 60%, more than 120 million people. well, 2012, will it look like that or will it look like previous elections where we had voter turnout under 55%. and depending on what assumption you make you get very different results. what is a pollster to do, they end up projecting forward what happened last time. >> we shall see as far as turnout goes. but really this wednesday, these...
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so that's the choice we face in this election. what the election comes down to, and you are going to hear over the next two months, i know you must be tired of hearing hands, but you're going to hear more over the next two -- or the next six weeks, and over and over again you're going to hear my opponents talk about how bigger tax cuts, fewer regulations, that's the way to go. and since government can't do everything it should do almost nothing. they're making -- if you can't afford health care, then hope you don't get sick. if you can't afford college, borrow money from your parents. you know what? that's not who we are. i don't think government can solve all our problems but government's not the source of all our problems, either. there's some things we've got to do together. we -- instead of going around blaming somebody, unions or immigrants or gays or somebody, for what's going on, what we need to do is pull together. we're all in this together. we believe that america only works when we all accept responsibility for ourselve
so that's the choice we face in this election. what the election comes down to, and you are going to hear over the next two months, i know you must be tired of hearing hands, but you're going to hear more over the next two -- or the next six weeks, and over and over again you're going to hear my opponents talk about how bigger tax cuts, fewer regulations, that's the way to go. and since government can't do everything it should do almost nothing. they're making -- if you can't afford health...
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it's potentially a game changing moment in the election. you say mitt romney lied 25 times. barack obama didn't point that out to the american public once. >> yeah. i think he should have corrected some of them. i'm not here as a surrogate for the obama team, but i am here telling you that you have to decide when you are in a debate how much of your real estate you are going to spend in counteracting the lies of your opponent and how much you want to put forth your plan. the president chose to put forth his plan last night and that's what spent his time on. but certainly there were unanswered lies. >> newt gingrich, you've heard the allegations. apparently barack obama is facing the same problem you faced, is that mitt romney was just telling loads of lies and you can't do anything about it. >> first of all, it's a great honor to have governor granholm quote me and maybe one of the few times she ever does. but it was a very nice thing for her to do. i think what was intriguing, she actually raised a point that i was talking with my friends about today. i get the sense that o
it's potentially a game changing moment in the election. you say mitt romney lied 25 times. barack obama didn't point that out to the american public once. >> yeah. i think he should have corrected some of them. i'm not here as a surrogate for the obama team, but i am here telling you that you have to decide when you are in a debate how much of your real estate you are going to spend in counteracting the lies of your opponent and how much you want to put forth your plan. the president...
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four weeks, four weeks until the election. and mitt romney pivots with a foreign policy speech. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history. not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. drones and modern instruments of war are important tools in our fight. but they are no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east, allied with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> mitt romney's foreign policy speech was weighted heavily toward the turbulent situation throughout the middle east. we'll examine that much more here in just a moment in detail. first, let me give you the big picture. as i mentioned, four weeks from the election here, we are seeing a possible shift in favor of mitt romney. look at the numbers wit
four weeks, four weeks until the election. and mitt romney pivots with a foreign policy speech. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history. not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. drones and modern instruments of war are important tools in our fight. but they are no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more...
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>> if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose? and why? >> i'd say clint eastwood would have to be my guy. >> why don't we ask him? >> what do you think is the most fundamental problem with the public political discourse? >> stewart. >> even though the mock debate was heavy on laughs, the two men hit on issues of substance, too. even giving president obama and mitt romney tips on their next debate. their advice? stick to the issues. >>> good-bye 55. more and more states up the speed limit despite more traffic fatalities. the question is, why? >>> 30 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom." we're just seconds away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. u.s. stocks set for a lower open at the new trading week begins. investors aren't really optimistic about a report on asia's economic outlook. executives from the security company adt are ringing the opening bell this morning. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez thanking supporters and celebrating anoth
>> if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose? and why? >> i'd say clint eastwood would have to be my guy. >> why don't we ask him? >> what do you think is the most fundamental problem with the public political discourse? >> stewart. >> even though the mock debate was heavy on laughs, the two men hit on issues of substance, too. even giving president obama and mitt romney tips on their next debate. their advice? stick to the issues....
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if elected in your case, if re-elected in your case, what would you do about that? governor? >> jim, i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the time, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. and that meant i figured out from day one i had to get along and i had to work across the aisle to get anything done. we drove our schools to be number one in the nation. we cut taxes 19 times. >> what would you do as president? >> as president i will sit down on day one, actually the day after i get elected, i'll sit down with leaders, the democratic leaders as well as republican leaders, as we did in my state, we met every monday for a couple of hours talked about the issues and the challenges. we have to work on a collaborative basis. not because we're going to compromise our principle but because there's common ground and the challenges that america faces right now. look. the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country, and we face -- this deficit could crush the future generations. what's happening
if elected in your case, if re-elected in your case, what would you do about that? governor? >> jim, i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the time, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. and that meant i figured out from day one i had to get along and i had to work across the aisle to get anything done. we drove our schools to be number one in the nation. we cut taxes 19 times. >> what would you do as president? >> as president i...
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with mitt romney win this election. i know you want the president to win, but can mitt romney win if he is tied with the president. who would do a better job with the economy? right now he is tied. in a debate, you're a good debater, what does mitt romney have to do to change that number? >> mitt romney has run a race so far saying i'm not barack obama. that's not enough. people like barack obama and i think there is about an 8% differential in likeability. he has a big problem in ohio. the auto bailout. in ohio, michigan, and some other rust belt states, those car manufacturing jobs are important. >> you want to talk about ohio, here is the map right now. 191, you don't have to be a rocket scientist. you mentioned ohio. that is one of the battleground states right now where the president has a lead in most polls outside of the margin of error. >> it's slipping away. >> let's hypothetically give it to the president. no republican has ever won. we have to go back to abraham lincoln, ke had win this election? >> i think f
with mitt romney win this election. i know you want the president to win, but can mitt romney win if he is tied with the president. who would do a better job with the economy? right now he is tied. in a debate, you're a good debater, what does mitt romney have to do to change that number? >> mitt romney has run a race so far saying i'm not barack obama. that's not enough. people like barack obama and i think there is about an 8% differential in likeability. he has a big problem in ohio....